U15 AAA

Trevor Sprague will oversee both the Integrated and Female AAA programs in Northern B.C. Sprague has been involved in hockey in the north for over 30 years and has spent the last 17 years with teams in the BCEHL. He is entering his 10th season as the general manager of the Cariboo Cougars and sixth as the general manager of the Northern Capitals. Sprague coached in Prince George for over 20 years before moving to the management side of the game.  

During his coaching and management career, Sprague has won two provincial titles with the Cariboo Cougars’ U18 AAA team. Sprague is also a key driver behind the annual BC Hockey Winter Classic event that is held in Northern B.C. each winter. 

Mirsad Mujcin is in his eighth-year coaching in the BCEHL. He believes that the BCEHL is beneficial to many young players in northern BC and has allowed them to play a higher caliber of hockey, while also allowing them to develop new friendships within the game they love.

Mujcin was born in Yellowknife, NT. During his playing days he was forced to move away to Edmonton to pursue playing AAA youth hockey. After his youth hockey days, he went on to play in the Western Hockey League and the ECHL. He is a certified collision repair technician and now is a shop manager with Craftsman Collision.

The BCEHL welcomes Brad Veitch for his first season as general manager for the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds. Veitch, between 2002-2022, has held various positions within Mission Minor Hockey Association (MHA), including manager, head coach and assistant coach at the U11, U13, U15, U18 and U21 levels. Additionally, he served as Mission MHA's vice president from 2007-2013. The Mission native was the head coach of the Pacific Junior Hockey League's Mission City Outlaws from 2013-2022. 

Veitch is currently a full-time senior systems analyst. He attended Mercyhurst University from 1990-1994 where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science.

The 2025-26 season will mark the third season in the BCEHL and second as head coach for Bronson Sharp. Previously an assistant coach with the U18 AAA Fraser Valley Thunderbirds during the 2021-22 season, Sharp joins the U15 Thunderbirds as head coach for the upcoming season.

Sharp brings four seasons of Major Junior experience to Fraser Valley, playing with the Portland Winterhawks and Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League from 2015-2019. Sharp grew up in Mission and got his start in hockey with Mission MHA. He is a graduate of the University of Fraser Valley and currently owns his own hockey skills business where he works with players at the NHL, AHL, Collegiate, WHL and AAA levels.

Shawn McQuistin embarks on his first season as general manager for the Greater Vancouver Canadians. McQuistin was previously with Richmond Jets Minor Hockey Association (MHA), from 2013-2022 where he served in head coach, assistant coach and skill development coach roles at the U11 and U15 levels. Since 2022, McQuistin has held the position of head coach with the Vancouver Thunderbirds MHA's U11 A1 squad.

The Richmond native is a full-time employee for the City of Richmond's Water Department.

Bryan Kim enters his second season as head coach of the U15 Greater Vancouver Canadians. 

Prior to joining the Canadians, Kim was a long-tenured coach with Burnaby Winter Club, serving as the U13 Tier 4 head coach for six seasons between 2014-2020. He then made the move to Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association and was a head coach at the U11 level during the 2022-23 season. 

A Burnaby, B.C. native, Kim played two seasons for Northland College in the NCAA from 2008-2010. He then completed his collegiate career at Simon Fraser University of the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League during the 2010-11 season.

Steve Smith is entering his fourth season as a general manager in the BCEHL. Smith currently serves as the Director of Hockey Operations of Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association. Prior to this, he was the executive director of Kelowna Minor Hockey Association from 2017-2025, division director from 2010-2017, and a coach in the association from 2008-2017. 

The Kelowna native has compiled over 20 years of experience working in minor hockey in Kelowna.

Max Mowat is now in his fifth-year coaching with the Okanagan Rockets program. In addition to his work with the Rockets, shares his passion for hockey through his roles at On the Edge Hockey Academy, the Stinger's Spring Hockey and private on and off ice skills work.

Mowat grew up in Oakville, Ontario and played his minor hockey with some notable players on the Toronto Marlies in the GTHL: Dougie Hamilton, Ryan Strome, Evan Rodrigues and Nicole Kosta. He wrapped up his playing career with the University of Calgary Dinos before he transitioned to coaching and developing young athletes. Max now resides in Coldstream, B.C.

Troy Larsen assumes the role as general manager of the Thompson Blazers program for a second consecutive season. Larsen is an experienced member of the hockey community in Kamloops, having served as the Vice President of Kamloops Minor Hockey Association from 2011-2019, and the Director of Hockey Operations for the Kamloops Junior Blazers Development program from 2015-2021.

Originally from Fort St. John, Larsen attended University College of the Cariboo (now Thompson Rivers University) in Kamloops. Outside of hockey, Larsen works for Bell Canada.

The 2025-26 season will mark the second season in the BCEHL for U15 Thompson Blazers Head Coach Kyle Allan. With over 16 years of coaching in the Kamloops area, Allan has spent time at the U13, U15 and U18 levels. He is a member of BC Hockey’s Coaching Program and serves as the Regional Evaluation Lead for the North Okanagan area.

Allan holds a Bachelor’s of Education/Physical Education from Thompson Rivers University, and a Master’s in Educational Leadership from Vancouver Island University. Away from the rink, Allan is a high school teacher.

Jamie Fiset is entering his eighth year as the general manager of the Valley West Giants and brings an additional nine years of working experience in minor hockey with him. He has previously been involved with BC Hockey's Program of Excellence, including a stint as the head coach of Team BC at the 2016 WHL Cup.  

Fiset was a board member with Langley Minor Hockey Association from 2010-2014. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree and Bachelor's Degree in Education at the University of British Columbia before earning his Master of Arts degree at Royal Roads University. Away from the rink, Fiset is a teacher.

Daniel Fong joins U15 Valley West Giants as co-head coach for the 2025-26 season, after serving as the team’s assistant coach last season. 

Fong has prior coaching experience with Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association (MHA), where he was an assistant coach for the U15 Tier 2 team in 2021-22. He then joined Burnaby MHA, where he served as an assistant coach with the U15 Tier 2 team in 2022-23 and the U15 Tier 1 squad during the 2023-24 season.

A Coquitlam, B.C. native, Fong works full-time at Avant Garde Signs in the Fabrication and Design department.

Matthew Jung joins the U15 Valley West Giants as Co-Head Coach for the 2025-26 season, following two seasons as an Assistant Coach with the U18 Giants, which included back-to-back Circle K (formerly Mac’s) Tournament appearances.

A former BCEHL player, Jung skated with the U18 Giants for two seasons and won consecutive Zwick Cups in the Surrey High School Ice Hockey League from 2018–2020 before signing with the Ridge Meadows Flames of the Pacific Junior Hockey League for the 2020-21 season.

He then moved his career to the United States, competing in two National Championships in the United States Premier Hockey League. He first suited up for the Fresno Monsters in 2021-22, before splitting the following season between Team Maryland of the Eastern Hockey League and the Islanders Hockey Club, earning his second Nationals appearance.

After junior hockey, Jung laced up with Simon Fraser University in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League during the 2023-24 season.

Jung is currently a full-time student at Simon Fraser University.

Greg Harding is entering his ninth season with the Vancouver North East Chiefs program and his seventh as the general manager of the program. The Surrey, B.C. native has been involved in minor hockey for 20 years, previously assuming roles with the Richmond Sockeyes of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) and Langley Minor Hockey Association (MHA).  

Harding played his minor hockey at Burnaby Winter Club and Langley MHA before going on to play for the Delta Ice Hawks, Queens Park Pirates and Richmond Sockeyes of the PJHL. Harding also works full-time with Shadow Agency.

Ben Nottingham joins the U15 Vancouver North East Chiefs for the 2025-26 season, after spending the previous two seasons as an assistant coach with the U15 Chiefs. 

Outside of the BCEHL, Nottingham was an assistant coach with the Pacific Junior Hockey League’s Coastal Tsunami during the 2024-25 season, and coached at the U11 and U15 levels with New Westminster Minor Hockey Association during the 2022-23 season. 

The New Westminster MHA alum is the owner of Sauce Hockey Development, which runs spring teams and skill development groups in the Greater Vancouver Area. He currently attends Douglas College in Vancouver, where he is studying business management.

James Wall will lead the Vancouver North West Hawks as general manager for his second BCEHL season. With 15 years in minor hockey, Wall's background includes a decade coaching and eight years as director of hockey with West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association (MHA), and four years as director of hockey operations for North Vancouver MHA.

Originally from Maple Ridge, Wall played minor hockey with Ridge Meadows MHA and graduated from the University of Windsor with a Bachelor of Fine Arts honours degree. Wall is a certified high-performance coach with credentials from BC Hockey and Hockey Canada.

Darryl Erickson begins his first season with the BCEHL as head coach of the U15 Vancouver North West Hawks. 

Erickson joins the BCEHL from the Canadian Sport School Hockey League, where he was an assistant coach with the U17 North Shore Warriors during the 2024-25 season. He brings over 30 years of coaching experience in the Lower Mainland, including time with Coquitlam MHA (2015-2023) and Ridge Meadows MHA (2020-2022). He was the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver North East Attack (now Chiefs) of the British Columbia Major Midget League from 2004-2006 and won the league championship during the 2005-06 season.

Erickson resides in North Delta and is currently retired.